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SUMMARY:The Berry Pickers
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DESCRIPTION:Emerging Indigenous Author Amanda Peters in conversation with 
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Meet a rising star on Canada's literary st
 age whose debut novel simply dazzles!</p>\n<p>Globe &amp\; Mail and Toront
 o Star bestselling novelist Amanda Peters talks with award-winning author 
 Stephen Brunt about her critically acclaimed debut novel\, <em>The Berry P
 ickers.</em></p>\n<p><em>The Berry Pickers</em> is a story about a Mi&rsqu
 o\;kmaq family from Nova Scotia that arrives in Maine in 1962 to pick blue
 berries for the summer. Weeks later\, four-year-old Ruthie\, the family&rs
 quo\;s youngest child\, is seen sitting on her favourite rock at the edge 
 of a field before mysteriously vanishing. Her six-year-old brother\, Joe\,
  who was the last person to see Ruthie\, is devastated by his sister&rsquo
 \;s disappearance\, and her loss ripples through his life for years to com
 e.&nbsp\;<em>The Berry Pickers</em> is a riveting story about the search f
 or truth\, the shadow of trauma\, and the persistence of love across time.
 </p>\n<h5>About Amanda Peters</h5>\n<p>Amanda Peters is a writer of Mi&rsq
 uo\;kmaq and settler ancestry. Her work has appeared in the <em>Antigonish
  Review</em>\, <em>Grain Magazine</em>\, the <em>Alaska Quarterly Review</
 em>\, the <em>Dalhousie Review</em> and <em>Filling Station Magazine</em>.
  She is the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Unpublished Pro
 se and a participant in the 2021 Writers&rsquo\; Trust Rising Stars progra
 m. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts Program at the Institute of Ameri
 can Indian Arts (IAIA) in Santa Fe\, New Mexico\, Amanda Peters has a Cert
 ificate in Creative Writing from the University of Toronto. She lives in t
 he Annapolis Valley\, Nova Scotia\, with her fur babies\, Holly and Pook.<
 /p>\n<h5>About Stephen Brunt</h5>\n<p>Stephen Brunt is an award-winning wr
 iter and the author of multiple bestselling books\, including <em>Facing A
 li: The Opposition Weighs In</em>\, <em>Gretzky&rsquo\;s Tears</em>\, and&
 nbsp\;<em>Searching For Bobby Orr.&nbsp\;</em>He co-founded&nbsp\;The Writ
 ers at Woody Point\, a literary festival which takes place in Woody Point\
 , Newfoundland. He currently serves as the&nbsp\;festival&rsquo\;s Artisti
 c Director.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Presented in partnership with Harper Collins Ca
 nada.</p>\n<p>Borrow <a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/reco
 rd/S194C320801">The Berry Pickers</a> from our collection</p>\n<p>Explore 
 <a href="https://burlington.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Brunt%2C%20S
 tephen&amp\;searchType=author">Stephen Brunt</a> in our collection</p>\nht
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